Lakeland College is the first Alberta post-secondary institution to complete an Environmental Farm Plan (EFP). Agriculture students used their Student Managed Farm (SMF) at the college’s campus in Vermilion, Alberta for the assessment. They were able to complete their EFP and start implementing the plan in the January-April 2015 semester. “It is a great learning tool for them,” said Josie …

Strategic Planning Process Helps Hone Legacy Of Stewardship For Producers One Alberta forage farmer has identified benefits to the Environmental Farm Plan (EFP) that stretch beyond the face value of the document. Denis Kennedy, a retired agrologist and agricultural educator who farms near Olds, says modern-day farming, like any business, is more and more about managing liabilities and expectations. He …

Master marketing plan uses tools such as EFP to build markets today and tomorrow There’s a simple lesson in customer service for Terence Hochstein in a common McDonald’s breakfast meal. The customer doesn’t have different expectations from the biscuit, the egg, the sausage or the hash brown. Whether that consumer is sitting in a McDonald’s in Taber, Alberta, or somewhere …

Pressure is on to manage better It is always amazing to consider how much work a farm septic system does. The numbers are daunting. Alberta Municipal Affairs estimates the average person produces 340 litres of wastewater that flows through a sewage treatment system every day. A family in a three-bedroom house, using the basic code design calculation of 1.5 …